Some of the buildings in Balboa Park are very ornate. It's quite normal to see Spanish-influenced architecture in California but usually of a simpler style: adobe walls and red-tiled roofs.
With so many such buildings in one place there is an air of being in a European city.
Another beautiful covered walkway
Islamic tile designs came to the USA via Spanish settlers in California.
A neon yellow Koi in yet another fountain.
My favourite museum was the Museum of Art. The painting below is by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
Three years ago he turned up in a biography of Matisse I was reading. Bouguereau taught Matisse painting for a while. Several weeks later, we had our wood floor refinished by one of his descendants.
